The Dump Truck may not have a name that is evocative of eats (at least not the front end event) but this cart conveys diverse dumplings from a Portland food pod.

I got a sampler ($5.50 for 6):

... with pork purses, mushroom, cabbage, rice noodle and ginger bundles, potato curry cradles and bacon cheeseburger packets. I used the recommended sauces for each of these stuffed steamers which were fun but I found the wrappers to be a little more al dente than my tastes run, but friendly drivers of this truck seem to have a convoy of contented customers to sling their 'lings.

... with crunchy specks of speck and glistening glacier lettuce was a succulent start to an afternoon at Evoe catching up with a pal. This pork-a-dotted, stone fruit plate was a fine fuzzy-frawned, formation.

We shared a swell sardine sandwich while sipping on effervescent Ameztoi Txakolina between bites of artichoke and fennel salad ($8.00):

... with delicate drapes of shattering guanciale to add jowliness to an already jolly afternoon

... were impeccable, impaled, grilled goods. These skewer things were removed from radiation before hydration deprivation to produce good offal, marvelous midsection and marine muscle magnificence washed down with draft beer.

Rice balls rolled in two ways - grilled with shoyu:

... and nori wrapped with a puckery plum pad:

Both strains of grain were hand held triable angles.

Salt-grilled mackerel ($11.00):

... was mackably moist with crispy bits at the periphery that was krill to our grills.

Ramen ($11.00 plus $3.00 for smoked pork shoulder):

... had a nice noodley pool of swiney slurpage with tenderly boiled eggs.

This far southeast izakaya is a Biwa-ichin stop for stabbed, grilled and soupy sustenance worth cycling back to.

... so we carriered ourselves to the communal table where we pecked on a a plate of seeductive marinated figs. A warm, tender muffin created a trail of bread crumbs leading us to a cippolini onion rooted, foie gras terrine topped with fried sage leaves and soy bean praline ($18.00):

This birdy bundle was a swell start with a plate of sous vided and fried-finished octopus ($15.00):

Pureed porcini truffled around with hearts of palm and tatsoi wedged against slices of nectarine. This fruits and mer-iage toed the line of the promising pigeon English that got us to fly by.

Sweetbreads ($26.00):

... got a booster seat of veal breast done pulled pork style. The smoky glands and juvenile moo mound melded with savory bread pudding, a contrast of crunchy slaw and cherries to set of the sweetness of the meaty bits.

Duck ($28.00):

... was rosy rare with a buckwheat crepe burritoing foie with a nudge of nectarine which we flew through with glugs of 2007 Harmonia Pinot Noir.

Foie gras profiteroles ($10.00):

... with sea salt and caramel sauce completed our foie-in-every-course dinner. These livery stables profited from their roll in sucrose and saline gilded with a glass of the 2003 Caselnau de Suduiraut Sauternes.

We will definitely swoop back to this bird feeder for their swell chow and friendly staff.

There were medical personnel standing by as I bypassed the standard fries to "make 'em dirty" ($6.00):

... with the addition of little luscious lumps of cracklin's and petite pork pieces. This alchemizing agent lent pigticular potency to these parmesan, sage, rosemary and pepper potatoes.

Pigstrami ($8.00):

... was sandwiched with carroty fennel slaw, mustard and thin sheets of pickles in a crusty Fleur de Lis Bakery ciabatta pen. This little piggy house went to market but I'll have to return to this vendor when the porcetta is being served on the wee wee weekend.